03 December 1742
Event Information
Theatre:
Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season:
1742-1743
Volume:
3
Comments:
non.] to Mr Garrick, 4 Dec.: Sir, I saw you last night act Fondlewife, and could not help thinking it a good deal overacted, especially in that sort of feeble trot you seemed to affect so much. A part overacted makes the actor look foolish.-Boaden, Private Correspondence of Garrick, I, 27
Mainpiece
Title:
The Old Batchelor
Comments:
As17421101.
As17421101.
Cast:
- Role: Fondlewife Actor: Garrick
- Role: Bellmour Actor: Mills
- Role: Heartwell Actor: Delane
- Role: Sir Joseph Wittol Actor: Neale
- Role: Noll Bluff Actor: Macklin
- Role: Sharper Actor: Hallam
- Role: Vainlove Actor: Havard
- Role: Setter Actor: Yates
- Role: Laetitia Actor: Mrs Clive
- Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Mills
- Role: Araminta Actor: Mrs Cross
- Role: Silvia Actor: Mrs Ridout
- Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Bennett
- Role: Betty Actor: Miss Minors
- Role: Barnaby Actor: Leigh.
Song
Comment:
III: Song-Lowe
Dance
Comment:
II: Grand Comic Dance, as17421117; IV: Les Moisoneurs de la Styrie, as17421201